DESIGN NAME: Wild Shine Nail Polish
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Nail Polish
INSPIRATION: Our inspiration is to create products that engages the user in a visual way, while enhancing their emotional experience, when they handle our product.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: It is the first ergonomic component that is designed with function, form, and emotion in mind. It has a strong purpose because it addresses user needs and creates a positive, emotional response that enhances the customer experience. Innovation is solved in a timeless and classic package, making it both beautiful and intelligent.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: It performs better because it is better fitted to the users' fingers, which allows the interaction between the brush and the nail bed to be more fluid, thus creating an even flow of polish when painted.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Project started in March 2014 and finished in June 2014
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Packaging Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: -
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: height: 73.6mm
width: 31.4mm
depth: 20.5mm
TAGS: Ergonomic, User Centered, Emotional Design, Intelligent, Beautiful, Unique, innovative
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: While observing nail technicians and other users perform their tasks of painting nails, I video recorded how they hold the handle and watched the movement of their hands and wrists. I started carving foam and made numerous models to test which shape would be most comfortable in the hands. I tested the shape by asking 50 users to hold it in their hand and ask them how they feel. All of the users highly praised the final design and said it was not only beautiful to look at, but also beautiful to experience.
CHALLENGE: Since the bottle and cap is asymmetrical, the challenge was to make sure that the product would stand in the planogram without rotating its body. The contact point in the middle of the bottle had to be even in order to face forward in the display.
ADDED DATE: 2014-07-29 16:01:45
TEAM MEMBERS (3) : Maithy Ngo: Industrial Design, Cindy Wang: Art Director and Brian Talbot: V.P. of Marketing
IMAGE CREDITS: wet n wild Wild Shine Nail Polish
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